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Native American stories, told by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden

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Native American stories

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told by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 5.1, 3.0, 88651.

A collection of Native American tales and myths focusing on the relationship between man and nature

Creation. The coming of Gluscabi (Abenaki, northeast woodlands) -- The Earth on Turtle's back (Onondaga, northeast woodlands) -- Four worlds : the Dine story of creation (Dine/Navajo, southwest)Fire. Loo-Wit, the fire-keeper (Nisqually, Pacific northwest) -- How Grandmother Spider stole the sun (Muskogee/Creek, Oklahoma)Earth. Tunka-shila, grandfather rock (Lakota/Sioux, Great Plains) -- Old Man Coyote and the rock (Pawnee, Great Plains)Wind and weather. Gluscabi and the wind eagle (Abenaki, northeast woodlands)Water. The hero twins and the swallower of clouds (Zuni, southwest) -- Koluscap and the water monster (Micmac and Maliseet, Maritime provinces) -- How thunder and earthquake made ocean (Yurok, California) -- Sedna, the woman under the sea (Inuit, Arctic regions) -- How Raven made the tides (Tsimshian, Pacific northwest)Sky. How Coyote was the moon (Kalispel, Idaho) -- How Fisher went to the skyland : the origin of the Big Dipper (Anishinabe, Great Lakes region)Seasons. Spring defeats winter (Seneca, northeast woodlands)Plants and animals. Coming of corn (Cherokee, North Carolina) -- Manabozho and the maple trees (Anishinabe, Great Lakes region) -- Kokopilau, the hump-backed flute player (Hopi, southwest) -- How Turtle flew south for the winter (Dakota/Sioux, Midwest) -- Gluscabi and the game animals (Abenaki, northeast woodlands) -- Awi Usdi, the little deer (Cherokee, North Carolina)Life, death, spirit. Origin of death (Siksika/Blackfeet, Montana and Alberta)Unity of earth. White Buffalo Calf Woman and the sacred pipe (Lakota/Sioux, Great Plains)

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